COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE

”Nicodemus saith unto Him, ‘How is a man able to be born, being old? Is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?’ “ (John 3:4; YLT)

  Nicodemus was applying the same thinking which many ’born-again’ believers may be using today…

Hi, I Am Thomas…NoDoubt you may have known me as Tommy Rheman, a naive child unable to comprehend the depths of depravity the mind of man is capable of. But this is not about me, Kaila. This is about Him and I must decrease while He must increase. *

…the lack of spiritual insight into the world’s woes. Selah – you will have to pause and consider those words by turning them over in your mind many times before you’ll be able to cleanse it of the dross it has accumulated from the years of formal education, not the least of which is the organized religious institutions, which we have named the “Church “. My challenge in presenting this to you is much like the dilemma a woman from the 60’s was faced with before going on a date - “which dress should I wear?” And the answer is the same: “short enough to be interesting, but long enough to cover the subject “. Perhaps it will benefit our understanding to apply the precept**, “The spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy one, so also are those who are earthy; and, as is the heavenly one, so also are those who are heavenly. Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.” (1 Corinthians 15:46-49 NAS)

  We are admonished to “Take heed therefore how you hear, for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken, even that which he seemeth to have.” (Luke 8:18 21st Century King James). Do not gloss over that word, ‘how’ you hear, for therein lies the crux of what Jesus was saying. For contrast, imagine being a teenage boy in the early 60s, who somehow got caught watching the playboy channel when your mother bursting into your room, seeing what’s on the screen and shrieks, “how are you listening?“ The logical or sense -common to the time- would answer “with my ears!” However, the context of and the meaning behind the question entreats us to dig deeper. Likewise, when we hear with spiritual ears, we get a spiritual understanding of how we are to listen.

  To come out of the mindset of the world, is the deeper meaning behind his words, but could there be something of greater significance lurking within? Are we guilty of straining out a gnat while we swallow the camel? Think about this scripture,

  “…they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. “Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breast. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, and there a little.” For with stammering lips and another tongue, will He speak to this people, to whom He said, “this is the rest herewith you may cause the weary to rest,“ and, “this is the refreshing”. Yet they would not hear. But the word of the Lord was to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, and there a little, that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken and snared and taken. “ (Isaiah 28:7-13 KJ21) “ Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you arrogant men who rule this people who are in Jerusalem. “ (Isaiah 28:14 AMP)

   The precepts and lines spoken of are not the commandments of God, which He is referring to here, but the snares disguised as Commandments from God. To carry that thought a step further, what if we couple together that warning in Isaiah with the one in Revelations 18:4,

  “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not be a partner in her sins, and receive her plagues;… “. (Revelations 18:4 AMP)

For those of you unfamiliar with the “who“ is riding the beast depicted there, the short answer is the bride who has turned back to the world and its alternative system to God‘s kingdom on earth. She is the same woman described as “foolish virgins“ in the parable of the ten virgins Jesus spoke of in Matthew 25:1. And as for the beast she is riding, this is known today as the military, industrial, entertainment, medical, governmental, religious, educational, economic and banking system.

  No pay close attention to the word “partner “and think about how a partnership in business is made. A partnership means each partner is legally responsible for the business’s debts and actions, and is established through the signing of legal papers and documents to that effect. You may be asking yourself right now, how have we partnered with the beast? And when did I make that legal? Every contract you have signed created a partnership between you and each arm of the vast interconnected (MIC, etc.) complex beginning with the birth certificate, followed up by the social security contract, driver’s license, and every contract known as a bank check you have ever signed.

  We’ll explore these thoughts further in another episode of how the world turns tomorrow… Until then, Shalom!

• ‘ he who has the bride is the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly, because of… he must increase, but I must decrease… “ (John 3:29-31)
• ** precept: rule of personal conduct… Higher law, a principle that takes precedence over the laws of society, moral principle